KOTA BHARU: A pregnant woman was found dead with a gunshot wound to the left abdomen inside a car in Kampung Repek, Pasir Mas, near here yesterday.
Kelantan acting police chief Zaki Harun said the victim, a 26-year-old businesswoman, was found in her Nissan Cefiro car parked by the roadside.
He said the police were alerted to the discovery of the body at about 4pm.
“The victim was found lying in the driver’s seat. Upon inspection of the car, we found a bullet casing in the rear passenger seat area.
“The body was sent to Hospital Pasir Mas for a post-mortem,” he said in a statement today.
Zaki said according to a witness, the victim’s car had been parked by the roadside since Friday afternoon.
Following the incident, Zaki said a 40-year-old man was detained at 11.25pm yesterday in Pasir Mas to facilitate investigations under Section 302 of the Penal Code.